The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-09-09
clear ttF ARGUMENT.
EDITOR BULLETIN.

COnleCLlDu Will lily r. Il
amendment I wish 10 add some ad- r
dItiolal arguments to the financial r
phase Of the question; and then adj !,
duce additional reasons why we +
should support the prohibition
amendment to the constitution. Il
Our anti friends shIi contend that 7
the traffic is a money making bust
less to the State, hence, they are !
unwilling to give it up. 1t can be
shown by statistics that more money
Is spent annually In prosecuting
criminals who ale led into crime by
the influence Of whisky than the
revenue amounts to. He uce, it is
clear that instead of the traffic be-
ing supporting element to the
state, it ia not seIf.eupporiing' 1t
IS estimated by high authori y that
5-6 of tie crimes are the offspring
of whisky. Their would we not save
fve-slxths of the court expenses to
the people By removing the eau Sc?
II is a principle of political economy
that whatever does not produce |
something OF value for society IS
, virtually pauper. Then, upon
this principle, it is claimed that,
if il cannot be shown that tie whls~
XIV traffic make money for the
! state, ii en- it i. pau per, destr uc-
tive parasite uron the body polite
and should he prohibited. L chal~
: Iange the opposition to prove that
= the traffic in whisky-considered as
A an individual among us-ls OF a
e pauper, I challenge them to show
D IN one single instance where 1t lene-
S fits society in any sense whatever
e But they cling to the old thread bear
e revenue argument with the tenaelty
/ Of death. simply refer to the pro-
g position laid down in former artl-
Gle. that. If it is detrimental t. an
Is Individual, physically, financially,
Is and morally, (Which Is admitted
ee then it certainly is to q COLLECTION
Y. of Individuals state. But, /
,h hitting, for the sake of argument
8. that it is a financial benefit to thu
ue State the question OF revenue shouIC
n never stand in the way of needed
r reform. Is tie reform needed?
IN pause for reply. The license sys
les TEN is held up by the oPposltio
w AS a model piece of modern states
les mansLip. Ii the >aloon system l
d. recognized as public evil, destruc
tive to the best interest Of scciei.
ed has the state any right to countenan'
led the evil on the condition OF a te
he dollars and cents paid into I'll
OF treasury? Bat it Is argued th'
air high license is what We used, an
ne. not prohibition. This does not me
-ic- the question. 1t makes no dIferen
ent how high the license may be, t
md people-the cOnsumers-have 1t
and pay. Soft is no less a tax upon tt
people. Then this dc es not chans
Is the nature Of the article sold, neitt
s in does it change its effects upon socie
ter High license whisky will prodr
ana lust as many crimes, cause just
much woe aid misery. destroy
rage happiness of just as many HON
wa blight the prospect of just as ma
the young men, as low license, or +
hich whisky. So I insist that our {
friends stick right square to the q
,ver- ton, Let's have no founder
% be about, no side Issues, or extrnae'
t the ouibling. This Is public et
does against the saloon, and net an
vir- tringment upon personal liberty
pure is not a question of drinking "
man ky, but question a~ to whet
end the state shall continue to 81
poor license to sell, or whether she 81
t do, withhold that license. The law
cause not presume to dictate 10 d
hap what he shall eat or drink. .Th
The who endeaVOr to make this ques
cense betray their inability to meet
e pre-, real question at issue and are hi
opposed " entitled to a respectful hea
by an intelligent people,
bition But our frieI q Of the oTpors
st of claim that the state cannot a
elfare, not to have the surplus o. 8
General manufactured into whisky. Inc
g only This Is a strange argument! L
ibitory admitted that whisky viii not
g gem q mans honest debts. 1t vii
pros. educate his children, 1t vii
oppos- make him bet er father, or I
+ exist affectionate husband. 1t will
ry laws make him a better citizen. 1t
can e not make him LABOR to accom-
believe the object Of his existence. Blu
use in the other hand, it is datrimer
nch f. curse-to man III every conceiv
Ippress sense.
gamble The grain producsd by the 8
aiming; veomanry OF the country is Il l
licensed sity. 1t is given by the bene
velvet hand of God tor the mainter
= and of human life. 1t is As the IN
will q, to the children of Israel. Blu